Local Government

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which councils are pathfinders for new two-tier models of joint working.

John Healey: Four county areas—Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire—are currently enhanced two-tier working pathfinders. This includes the following councils:
	
		
			  County area  Councils involved 
			 Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire County Council 
			  Aylesbury Vale District Council 
			  Chiltern District Council 
			  South Bucks District Council 
			  Wycombe District Council 
			   
			 Dorset Dorset County Council 
			  Christchurch Borough Council 
			  East Dorset District Council 
			  North Dorset District Council 
			  Purbeck District Council 
			  West Dorset District Council 
			  Weymouth and Portland Borough Council 
			   
			 Hertfordshire Hertfordshire County Council 
			  Borough of Broxbourne Council 
			  Dacorum Borough Council 
			  East Herts Council 
			  Hertsmere Borough Council 
			  North Hertfordshire District Council 
			  St. Albans City and District Council 
			  Stevenage Borough Council 
			  Three Rivers District Council 
			  Watford Borough Council 
			  Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council

Non-domestic Rates

Stewart Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many hereditaments have a rateable value of  (a) between £10,000 and £15,000 in each Government Office Region outside London and  (b) between £10,000 and £21,500 in London, according to Valuation Office Agency records.

John Healey: The information is as follows:
	
		
			  2005 Rating List as at 31 March 2009 
			   Number of hereditament s  over £10,000 or under £21,500  
			  Government office region  Under £15,000  Under £21,500  Number of hereditaments 
			 East Midlands Yes No 13,404 
			 East of England Yes No 18,430 
			 London No Yes 59,508 
			 North East Yes No 6,361 
			 North West Yes No 21,175 
			 South East Yes No 27,670 
			 South West Yes No 17,201 
			 Wales Yes No 8,517 
			 West Midlands Yes No 17,031 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber Yes No 15,785